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President Barack Obama, after arriving today in Israel, spoke of unwavering support for “the historic homeland of the Jewish people.” Notably, Obama did not mention the Palestinian issue in his...
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President Barack Obama, addressing a youthful audience today at the Jerusalem Convention Center in Israel following talks in the Palestinian territories, urged compromise for peace with Palestinians...
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How Jerry Brown Pulled Off the Big Prop 30 Win November 8, 2012 Jerry Brown Rides A Wave With National Implications November 20, 2012 War of the Words: A Nearly Four Decade Vendetta Against Jerry Brown...
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Israel formally apologized to Turkey today for the deaths of nine Turkish citizens in a May 2010 Israeli commando raid on a Gaza aid flotilla. The apology was issued in a phone call to Turkish Prime...
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Secretary of State John Kerry made an unannounced trip to Iraq Sunday. He met with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, saying Iraq should no longer allow Iran to use Iraqi airspace to ship weapons and...
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Afghan President Hamid Karzai made what has become a rare show of unity between the two nations on Monday, as the U.S. military ceded control of its last...
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The U.S. Supreme Court, not surprisingly, appears deeply divided after hearing arguments on California’s 2008 Proposition 8 anti-gay marriage initiative. ** QUICK HITS. I have no particular insight...
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Edie Windsor, the plaintiff in the case against a federal law against same-sex marriage, sounded optimistic after today’s U.S. Supreme Court hearing. The Defense of Marriage Act restricts federal...
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Up against a growing sense that the post-Newtown, Connecticut massacre momentum for gun control has stalled, President Barack Obama said today at the White House that votes in the U.S. Senate next...
View ArticleEaster Weekend Edition (with updates)
In his weekend video/radio address, President Barack Obama discusses Easter and Passover. ** NEW COLUMN COMING UP … STRATEGY DOCUMENTS REVEALED. ** OBAMA TODAY – SATURDAY. President Barack Obama is in...
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The US has re-purposed radar systems and deployed an Aegis missile destroyer and a squadron of F-22 stealth fighters to the vicinity in the tense crisis on the Korean Peninsula. The ship deployed from...
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North Korea has announced it will restart all its nuclear facilities. They include the plant at Yongbyon, where work was shut down six years ago under a disarmament deal. The decision to reopen the...
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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says North Korea’s recent rhetoric presents “a real and clear danger” to the U.S. and its Asia-Pacific allies and says America is doing all it can to defuse the...
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North Korea may have moved a few mobile missile systems for test firing. Which might threaten Japan, or not, allowing little time for decision-making with regard to the US Navy’s Aegis missile...
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President Barack Obama apologized for distracting from California Attorney General Kamala Harris’s professional prowess by calling her “the best-looking attorney general” in the US. Harris, who spoke...
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In his weekend video/radio address, calling the revival of the American middle-class “our North Star,” President Barack Obama discusses the federal budget proposal he will unveil next week, which...
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South Korea is preparing for a North Korean attack. ** NEW COLUMN COMING UP … MAD MEN: ON THE COMEBACK TRAIL IN A CHANGING CULTURAL LANDSCAPE. ** QUICK HITS. The national collegiate basketball...
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As the relationship between the West and the North Korean regime hit its lowest point since the end of the Korean War, Navy Admiral Sam Locklear, commander of US forces in the Pacific, told the Senate...
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The U.S. Navy’s famed fighter jet aerobatics team, the Blue Angels, has canceled its remaining 2013 performances because of federal budget constraints. I’ve loved watching those guys fly since I was a...
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** NEW COLUMN COMING UP … THE KOREA CRISIS: WILL EVENTS SIMPLY RUN THEIR COURSE TILL THE END OF “FOAL EAGLE?” ** NEW SURVEY: AN EVEN SPLIT BETWEEN ENERGY PRODUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, CLEAR...
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